Sean Stone Explained

Sean Stone
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Birth Name:	Sean Christopher Stone
Birth Date:	29 December 1984
Birth Place:	New York City, New York, U.S.
Othername:	Sean C. Stone
Yearsactive:	1986–present
Father:	Oliver Stone

Sean Christopher Stone (December 29, 1984) is an American actor, filmmaker, and television host. Stone hosted a show on the Russian state-funded network RT America until the network was shut down in 2022 after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.^[1]

In his last episode on RT America, Stone criticized celebrities for speaking out against Russia's invasion, and claimed that Oprah Winfrey had banned Tolstoy's War and Peace from her book club, and said it was wrong to characterize Russian leader Vladimir Putin as "some kind of dictator".

Biography

Stone was born in New York City. He is the son of Elizabeth Burkit Cox and film director Oliver Stone and has appeared in several of his father's films.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} His paternal grandmother was French.^[6]

A convert to Shia Islam in 2012,^{[7] [8] [9] [10]} in an interview with CNN, Stone said that he accepted Muhammad as the seal of the prophets.^{[11] [12]} Speaking to Bill O'Reilly, he claimed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statements about Israel had been misunderstood.

Stone is a member of the Board of Advisors for the company MindShare Ventures Group based in New York City.^[13]

Filmography

Actor

• Salvador (1986) as Boyle's Baby
• Wall Street (1987) as Rudy Gekko
• Born on the Fourth of July (1989) as Young Jimmy Kovic
• JFK (1991) as Jasper Garrison
• The Doors (1991) as Young Jim Morrison
• Heaven & Earth (1993)
• Natural Born Killers (1994) as Kevin
• Nixon (1995) as Donald Nixon
• U Turn (1997)
• Any Given Sunday (1999)
• Fighting Against Time: Oliver Stone's Alexander (2005) himself as narrator
• Resurrecting Alexander (2005) himself as narrator
• Perfect Is the Enemy of Good (2005) as narrator
• W. (2008)
• (2010)
• Nevo (2011) as Stephan
• Greystone Park (2011) as Sean
• American Road (2011) as Jack Kerouac
• Don't Pass Me By (2012) as Josh Malek
• Night Walk (2019) as Frank

Director, producer, cinematographer, or screenwriter

• Fighting Against Time: Oliver Stone's Alexander (2005) (as writer, producer, director, cinematographer)
• The Death of Alexander (2005) (as producer, director, cinematographer)
• Resurrecting Alexander (2005) (as producer, director, cinematographer)
• Perfect Is the Enemy of Good (2005) (as producer, director, cinematographer)
• Nuremberg: A Vision Restored (2007) (as producer, director, cinematographer)
• Singularity (2008) (as writer, producer, director)
• Greystone Park (2011) (as writer, director)
• A Child's Night Dream (upcoming) (as writer, producer, director)
• A Thousand Pieces (2020) (as narrator), Documentary about CIA and FBI corruption.^[14]

Notes and References

1. News: Kang . Cecilia . 2022-03-12 . What It Was Like to Work for Russian State Television . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-03-13 . 0362-4331.
2. https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2012/feb/15/sean-stone-muslim-religion-hollywood Sean Stone and Islam: what is it about religion and Hollywood?
3. http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16173541 Oliver Stone's Son Wants To Help US With Islam
4. http://www.france24.com/fr/20120214-le-fils-doliver-stone-converti-a-lislam-iran Le fils d'Oliver Stone converti à l'islam en Iran
5. Tim Molloy, Oliver Stone's son converts to Islam, Yahoo News, February 14, 2012
6. "Télématin" (France 2), September 28, 2010.
7. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/sean-stone-oliver-stone-son-convert-islam-iran_n_1276389.html Sean Stone, Oliver Stone's Son, Converts To Islam During Iran Visit
8. http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/2012/02/21/sean-stone-converts-islam-iran Sean Stone converts to Islam in Iran
9. http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=258904 Sean Stone: Ahmadinejad is 'really misunderstood'
10. Web site: June 27, 2012. Sean Ali Stone - My Journey to Islam - UMAA Convention 2012. May 19, 2014. UMAA Convention 2012.
11. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1202/22/cnr.05.html Interview With Filmmaker Sean Stone, Oliver Stone's Son
12. http://blog.beliefnet.com/cityofbrass/2012/02/sean-bin-oliver-stone-converted-to-islam.html Sean bin Oliver Stone converted to Islam?
13. Web site: MindShare Ventures Group - Board of Advisors. mindshareventuresgroup.com.
14. Web site: A Thousand Pieces . A Thousand Pieces.